NHER 65062 (Negative evidence record) - Site with no evidence for archaeologically-significant remains

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Summary

Trial trenching at this site in 2020 revealed no archaeologically-significant features or deposits. A subsequent geophysical survey undertaken the same year had similarly negative results.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG10SE
Civil Parish KETTERINGHAM, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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July-August 2020. Trial Trenching.
Evaluation of land to be affected by proposed improvements to A11/A47 Thickthorn Junction (Trenches 55-56).
The two trenches excavated at this location revealed no archaeologically-significant features or deposits.
No finds were recovered.
See report (S1) for further details.
An archive associated with this work has been deposited with Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2020.109).
P. Watkins (HES), 7 June 2021. Amended 27 July 2023.

November-December 2020. Geophysical Survey.
Magnetometer survey of land to be affected by proposed improvements to A11/A47 Thickthorn Junction (Area 15).
This survey identified no potentially archaeologically-significant responses.
Scattered discrete dipolar anomalies had probably been caused by ferrous material in the topsoil (most likely modern debris).
Information from report uploaded to OASIS. HER copy awaited.
P. Watkins (HES), 7 June 2021.

  • <S1> Unpublished Contractor Report: Picard, S. 2020. A11/A47 Thickthorn Junction, Norwich, Norfolk. Archaeological Evaluation. Cotswold Archaeology (Suffolk). SU0151_2.

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Record last edited

Jul 27 2023 9:28AM

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